Email Migration

Email is universal; it has a small handful of protocols that are spoken by practically every mail client and server that are in use today. And, it happens to be one of the simplest things…

Database Vulnerability Scanning

At cPanel Conference, I was queried to see if there was any database scanning done in addition to the malware scanning I perform on automated migrations. I’m glad this question got asked, because I had…

cPanel Initial Sync

You’ve already gone through environment matching, and are ready to start the initial sync. If you are following along on the 100-foot view of migrations, we are ready to “create any domains or accounts” on…

Speaking at cPanel Conference 2018

I was recently awarded the opportunity to speak at cPanel Conference 2018 regarding cPanel migrations. This was a look at my basic cPanel migration technique as well as a view of environment matching. I wrote…

Testing

There are at least three ways to do anything on a server, and testing is no different; there are four methods I can think of off the cuff to test migrated websites. And I only…

Post Migration

Your final sync has been finished, DNS has been updated, and you are live and kicking on your new server. Congratulations! But you aren’t done! There’s a host (pun intended) of important considerations for your…

Environment Checking

Before your migration, you (ideally) made a plan as to what your site’s requirements are, what software you are running, and if there are any extra programs or settings that your sites depend on. But…